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Political Power and Social Theory
Political Power and Social Theory
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Diane E. Davis
Diane E. Davis
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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16
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0198-8719(2004)16
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978-1-84950-222-1
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978-0-76231-036-4
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0198-8719
Publication date:
2004
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Iraq, Afghanistan, the global war on terrorism, and the Owl of Minerva

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Ian Roxborough
Ian Roxborough
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Ian Roxborough
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2003
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    2004
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2003

When philosophy paints its grey on grey, then has a shape of life grown old. By philosophy's grey on grey it cannot be rejuvenated but only understood. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk. G. W. F. Hegel, “Preface,” Philosophy of Right ((1821), translated by T. M. Knox (1952)), p. 13.

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